{"product_id":"forgiveness-vladimir-janklvitch-9780226045658","title":"Forgiveness","description":"Philosopher Vladimir Jank駘騅itch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel L騅inas, and Paul Ricoeur. His international readers have long valued his unique, interdisciplinary approach to philosophy's greatest questions and his highly readable writing style.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1967, \u003ci\u003eLe Pardon, \u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eForgiveness, \u003c\/i\u003e is one of Jank駘騅itch's most influential works. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing it--a controversial notion when considering events as heinous as the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003eLike so many of Jank駘騅itch's works, \u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e transcends standard treatments of moral problems, not simply generating a treatise on one subject but incorporating discussions of topics such as free will, giving, creativity, and temporality. Translator Andrew Kelley masterfully captures Jank駘騅itch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions. \u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential part of that legacy, and this indispensable English translation provides key tools for understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Jank駘騅itch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022604565X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226045658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Vladimir Jank駘騅itch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981505331455,"sku":"9780226045658","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbf7eadb-1d5c-4afd-95c2-6103ad8c6926.jpg?v=1683255977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forgiveness-vladimir-janklvitch-9780226045658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}